2020–2021 BCSC Basic and Clinical Science Course™
6 Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
Part I: Strabismus
Chapter 9: Exodeviations
Consecutive Exotropia
Exotropia that occurs after a period of esotropia is called consecutive exotropia. Rarely, exotropia may develop spontaneously in a patient who was previously esotropic and never underwent strabismus surgery. Much more commonly, consecutive exotropia develops after previous surgery for esotropia (postsurgical exotropia), usually within a few months or years after the initial surgery. However, in some patients who had surgery for infantile esotropia, consecutive exotropia may not develop until adulthood. Consecutive exotropia may be intermittent or constant.
Excerpted from BCSC 2020-2021 series: Section 10 - Glaucoma. For more information and to purchase the entire series, please visit https://www.aao.org/bcsc.